a. rare. [f. L. lapidāri-us + -AN.] a. Versed in the knowledge of stones. b. Executed in, or inscribed on, stone.
1683. Pettus, Fleta Min., II. 4. Our Author … was not a Sophisticating Alchimist, nor a Lapidarian Philosopher.
1864. Webster, s.v., A lapidarian record.
1882. Rau (title), Observations on Cup-shaped and other Lapidarian Sculpture.
